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Kenyan Activists Seek Climate Change Protections Amid Record Drought, Flooding

Conservationists in Kenya are petitioning the state to enact solutions to avoid the worst impacts from climate change, including record droughts and flooding. Activists say directives such as Kenya's lifting of a ban on logging is reversing gains made to lessen extreme weather linked to climate change. Victoria Amunga reports from Nairobi, Kenya. Produced by: Jimmy Makhulo

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